Control Freak’s Blog Hop; Favorite Colors theme!

January 19, 2022

Welcome to the January Blog Hop from our talented Control Freaks group! Our theme this month is to use our favorite Stampin' Up! color and make it monochromatic!

If you just stopped in from Wendy's blog I'm sure you enjoyed her projects. She is super creative!

I haven't joined a blog hop in awhile and I've missed it! This color theme was perfect for me as my Flowerbug's Team swapped monochromatic cards last week. I've been sharing them here all week long.

My first card features a new stamp set called Crane of Fortune.

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I chose to feature Misty Moonlight with Night of Navy & White. The Crane of Fortune stamp set is new in our Stampin' Up! January-June catalog. It's a Distinktive stamp set which means you get multiple hues of color with one inking. These are my favorite type of stamps. Look how pretty the images are in one color and so easy too!

After I stamped the crane I textured it with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder.

This card is a very simple fun fold. Here are the measurements:

Score your 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" card base at 2 1/8" & 4 1/4"
Misty Moonlight layer 1 7/8" X 5 1/4"
White layers are 3 1/4" X 4 1/2"
Navy layer is 3 1/2" X 4 3/4"

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I stamped some of the dragonflies on the front layer of Misty Moonlight. I used White Craft ink for a soft, subtle effect. As you can see I made quite a few of them for our Team swap!

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Next is a pretty card in Soft Succulent & White.

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I used the new Artfully Layered stamp set along with the Stitched Rectangle dies. This technique is called Triple Time Stamping.

To achieve this layered effect I stamped all three of the White layers at the same time. Then you adhere each piece to a Soft Succulent layer and put the pieces back together; almost like a puzzle. It's a great way to create quick, eye catching cards.

Measurements:

Soft Succulent – 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" card base, 4 1/8" X 2 7/8" & 3" X 1 5/8"
White – 5 1/4" X 4", 4" X 2 5/8" & 2 3/4" X 1 3/8"

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3 great fun fold ideas from my Team swaps

October 24, 2024
You're going to love these fancy fold cards made by my Flowerbug's Team for this month's swap. I shared a few others yesterday and here are three more:

Lori made this cute 'gift box' card.

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She used the Take a Bow DSP seen here and the Peaceful Christmas dies too. She wrote the 'Merry' greeting by hand. It's like a pocket card except the top is a fold that pulls up the inside like this:
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Measurements:
- DSP 2 pieces of each at 3 7/8" X 4 1/2" (striped), Red is 1 1/8" X 4 1/2"
- Real Red 4 1/4" X 2" score in half at 1" (poke two holes for threading ribbon), 3" X 4 1/4" inside pocket
- White 2 3/4" X 4" inside pocket layer
- scraps for die-cuts
Next is a sweet card made by Joan who did make a pocket card!

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She used the Christmas Friends stamp set (seen here) along with the Deckled Circle dies. Isn't her coloring fabulous? She has a knack for coloring with the Blends markers.

Next is an adorable card made by Sharon who chose the Sweetest Star bundle and also used the Take a Bow DSP.

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She scored her colored Santa from center to each point and added it to the inside of her punched star window with two stacked dimensionals in the center. Love this idea! See the Sweetest Star bundle here.

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Check back tomorrow for more Team swaps!

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Get great ideas from our Team Christmas card swaps made with Online Exclusives

October 23, 2024

Today I'm sharing a few cards made by my Team for our October card swap. The theme was winter or Christmas. And both of these cards feature Online Exclusive products! If you haven't shopped these items yet you're missing a huge selection of products! Click here to see them all.

Paula's card is made with the Iconic Imagery bundle. I cannot believe the amount of die-cutting she did on her cards; she made 14 of these!

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Isn't it incredible?! Besides all of the small stamps she die-cut she also cut out nine 1" stitched squares per card! Wowsers!

Here's the adorable bundle below. Click here to see it in my store. I love the many images and the greeting labels a lot.

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Her gingham designer paper is also on Online Exclusive. I honestly cannot believe we haven't fun out of stock on this one. It's called Season of Green & Gold specialty designer paper. See it here.

See that cute greeting & die-cut? They're both in the Iconic Imagery bundle.

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Next is a beautiful sled card made by Deloris. Isn't this stunning? Did you notice she used the same gingham designer paper that Paula did above? It's the Green & Gold Specialty DSP.

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She featured the Sophisticated Sled bundle seen here. You can find it in our Online Exclusives. It's a gorgeous set of stamps & dies. I especially love the sled made from wood DSP and gold foil. And those skates and laces are incredible!!

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Check back tomorrow for more Team swaps!

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2 more Season of Elegance & Peaceful Season cards with free project sheets & video

October 22, 2024

Yesterday I shared a gorgeous fancy fold card and today I have two more pretty cards as well. They all feature the Season of Elegance suite.

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I'll start with this one which has Basic Beige, Pretty Peacock and Gold:

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I love so many things about this card – the pretty dies and that fabulous Painted Trees 3D embossing folder too. I adhered the Season of Elegance DSP (seen here) to the Beige layer before I textured it. A neat trick to showcase them both.

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Notice the 'Merry' die-cut layers. There isn't a coordinating larger die-cut for this so I cut this in half horizontally to add a nice gold layer above and below. *watch the video here or below to see how I did it.

Click on the following link to print off or download this free project sheet: Download Season of Elegance Christmas card

Here's a view of this gorgeous designer paper:

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Next is a pretty card featuring the Cherry Cobbler and Gold DSP in this pack.

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It also shows off the pretty die-cuts once again. I really like the ribbon slots in three of the dies in the set. Here I used the gorgeous Cherry Cobbler/Gold satin ribbon seen here.

This Peaceful Season bundle is a big hit with many of my customers. It has beautiful die-cuts and the greetings are wonderful as well.

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I'm sure the embossing folder caught your eye as well. It's the Forever Plaid 3D folder. It's one of our large folders so I could place the Beige CS on an angle.

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Here's the free project sheet for this card. Download Gifts of Christmas card

I especially like this layout as it truly does not matter what size your DSP layers are. Simple offset them from each other to form an interesting mix.

**Did you know you can get the entire Season of Elegance Suite for just $99 (regular price $154.75)?! And shipping is free! Add it to your Starter kit here by October 31st. An incredible deal!

Below is the video for these two cards and another neat fun fold too. Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel too.

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